Ex-vegetable wholesaler gets 9 months for offering bribes for business
2005-4-7
A former vegetable and fruit wholesaler was today (Thursday) sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at Kowloon City Magistracy for offering over $12,000 in bribes to secure business from a restaurant group.
Wong Man-kwong, 51, former proprietor of Sun Ying Kee Vegetable & Fruit (Sun Ying Kee), was found guilty by Magistrate Mr Abu Bakar bin Wahab on 16 counts of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(b) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordin ance.
The court heard that Sun Ying Kee was a wholesaler supplying vegetables to restaurants. Among its customers were two restaurants under Tao Heung Holding Limited (Tao Heung) in Tuen Mun and Tsing Yi.
In order to secure purchase orders from Tao Heung, Wong had offered monthly rebates of $500 and $300 respectively to two warehouse attendants at the Tuen Mun and Tsing Yi restaurants.
Wong later increased the rebates to three per cent of the monthly business turnover with the two restaurants, after the warehouse attendants complained that the vegetables supplied were inferior and delivery was late.
The court heard that between March 2002 and March 2003, Wong had offered rebates totalling $5,876 to the warehouse attendant of the Tuen Mun restaurant, while rebates given to the warehouse attendant of the Tsing Yi restaurant totalled $6,218.
Tao Heung prohibited its employees from soliciting or accepting advantages in relation to the company's business.
The prosecution was today represented by Bernard Yuen, counsel on fiat, assisted by ICAC officer Lam Man-kit.
Wong Man-kwong, 51, former proprietor of Sun Ying Kee Vegetable & Fruit (Sun Ying Kee), was found guilty by Magistrate Mr Abu Bakar bin Wahab on 16 counts of offering an advantage to an agent, contrary to Section 9(2)(b) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordin ance.
The court heard that Sun Ying Kee was a wholesaler supplying vegetables to restaurants. Among its customers were two restaurants under Tao Heung Holding Limited (Tao Heung) in Tuen Mun and Tsing Yi.
In order to secure purchase orders from Tao Heung, Wong had offered monthly rebates of $500 and $300 respectively to two warehouse attendants at the Tuen Mun and Tsing Yi restaurants.
Wong later increased the rebates to three per cent of the monthly business turnover with the two restaurants, after the warehouse attendants complained that the vegetables supplied were inferior and delivery was late.
The court heard that between March 2002 and March 2003, Wong had offered rebates totalling $5,876 to the warehouse attendant of the Tuen Mun restaurant, while rebates given to the warehouse attendant of the Tsing Yi restaurant totalled $6,218.
Tao Heung prohibited its employees from soliciting or accepting advantages in relation to the company's business.
The prosecution was today represented by Bernard Yuen, counsel on fiat, assisted by ICAC officer Lam Man-kit.